GOVERNORS OF

TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS

Governor Party Hometown Dates Served First Lady George W. Steele (R) Marion, Indiana May 1890–October 1891 Marietta Swayzee Steele Robert Martin (R) Guthrie November 1891–February 1892 Ada Gilmore Martin Abraham J. Seay (R) Kingfisher February 1892–May 1893 (unmarried) William C. Renfrow (D) Norman May 1893–May 1897 Jennie York Renfrow Mary Cassius M. Barnes (R) Guthrie April 1897–May 1901 Bartlett Barnes Delphina William M. Jenkins (R) Kay County May 1901–November 1901 White Jenkins Mary William C. Grimes (R) Kingfisher November 1901–December 1901 Cleaver Grimes Elva Thompson B. Ferguson (R) Watonga December 1901–January 1906 Shartel Ferguson Matilda (R) Enid January 1906–November 1907 Evans Frantz

GOVERNORS SINCE STATEHOOD

Governor Party Hometown Dates Served First Lady/Gentleman Charles N. Haskell (D) Muskogee Nov 1907–January 1911 Lillie Gallup Haskell (D) Ardmore January 1911– (widowed) Robert L. Williams (D) Durant January 1915–January 1919 (unmarried) James B.A. Robertson (D) Chandler January 1919–January 1923 Isabelle Butler Robertson John C. Walton (D) January 1923–November 1923 Madeleine Orrick Walton Martin E. Trapp (D) Oklahoma City November 1923–January 1927 Lulu Strang Trapp Henry S. Johnston (D) Perry January 1927–March 1929 Ethel Littleton Johnston William J. Holloway (D) Hugo March 1929–January 1931 Amy Arnold Holloway William H. Murray (D) Tishomingo January 1931–January 1935 Mary Alice Hearrell Murray E.W. Marland (D) Ponca City January 1935–January 1939 Lydie Roberts Marland Leon C. Phillips (D) Okemah January 1939–January 1943 Myrtle Ellenberger Phillips Robert S. Kerr (D) Ada January 1943–January 1947 Grayce Breen Kerr Roy J. Turner (D) Oklahoma City January 1947–January 1951 Jessica Grimm Turner (D) Tishomingo January 1951–January 1955 Willie Emerson Murray Raymond Gary (D) Madill January 1955–January 1959 Emma Mae Purser Gary J. Howard Edmondson (D) Muskogee January 1959–January 1963 Jeannette Edmondson George P. Nigh (D) McAlester –14, 1963 Donna Skinner Nigh Henry L. Bellmon (R) Billings January 1963–January 1967 Shirley Osborn Bellmon Dewey F. Bartlett (R) Tulsa January 1967–January 1971 Ann Smith Bartlett David C. Hall (D) Oklahoma City January 1971–January 1975 Jo Evans Hall David L. Boren (D) Seminole January 1975–January 1979 Janna Lou Little Boren Molly Shi Boren George P. Nigh (D) McAlester January 1979–January 1987 Donna Skinner Nigh Henry L. Bellmon (R) Billings January 1987–January 1991 Shirley Osborn Bellmon (D) Canute January 1991–January 1995 Rhonda Smith Walters Frank A. Keating (R) Tulsa January 1995–January 2003 Catherine Heller Keating (D) Shawnee January 2003–January 2011 Kimberley Blain Henry (R) Tecumseh January 2011–January 2019 Wade Christensen (R) Norman January 2019–present Sarah Hazen Stitt

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